Lew Lewis Reformer - Save The Wail (2002, compilation)

The lost legend of Pub Rock that is Lew Lewis. Founder member of Canvey Islands 'Southside Jugband' alongside Lee Brilleaux of Dr Feelgood. How more Proto-Punk can you get than that?
That very same Jugband spawned Eddie and the Hot Rods, who enticed Lew into its fold for the first two singles, then he formed The Reformer in 1977.
It gets better......In 1987 our Lew was given a seven-year jail sentence(Lucky seven eh?) for armed robbery, after holding up a post office with a fake pistol, stealing £5,000 and trying to escape on a shopping bike.
This guy walked the walk and Talked the talk......mental breakdown aside of course!
His weapon of choice was the Harmonica which he wielded like a chainsaw in the hands of Leatherface.
Again he was big in France, like most of the Pub Rock fraternity, but lost in his native land.
So, here's his entire recorded output (except the two tracks on the Hope and Anchor R&B album);and you may notice that his self-penned tunes tend to veer in the direction of Bars and Gambling as subject matter.......and why not?

Tracklist:

1 Do Just What You Want
2 Wait
3 Win Or Lose
4 High Temperature
5 Mr Bartender
6 Lucky Seven
7 Hometown Blues
8 Photo-Finish
9 Night Talk
10 Rider

Singles:

11 Boogie On The Street
12 Caravan Man
13 1-30 2-30 3-35
14 The Mood I'm In

Live 1977:

15 Watch Yourself
16 One Stop Town
17 Messin' With The Kid
18 Out For A Lark

Live 1979:

19 Shake & Fingerpop
20 Romance
21 Long Grey Mare

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